Bill Anders: Bill Anders. Self: World at War. William Alison Anders (born October 17, 1933) is a retired United States Air Force major general, former electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. In December 1968, as a crew member of Apollo 8, he was one of the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon. Along with fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, Anders circled...
Known For: World at War (Self), First to the Moon (Self), A Science Odyssey (Self - Astronaut), Cosmic Birth (Self)